The Yosemite Valley from Inspiration Point
Carleton E. Watkins, American, 1829 - 1916
about 1863
Collodion wet plate
Sight: 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm)
Sight: 20 5/8 in. (52.4 cm)
Frame: 22 1/4 × 27 1/8 in. (56.5 × 68.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Harry Shafer Fisher 1966 Memorial Fund
PH.972.120
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Course History
ARTH 17, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Spring 2013
Exhibition History
Recent Acquisitions: Prints and Drawings, Barrows Print Room, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 22-October 30, 1972.
Strauss Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 5-April 28, 1974.
Provenance
Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 1972.
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